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9/11Sakizaya Wikipedia: Interview with Sakizaya elder Nuwatan o Kumud
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Interview with Sakizaya community elder Mr. Nuwatan o Kumud by Tsai-Wei Hung. Mr. Nuwatan also happened to be one of the early Sakizaya Wikipedia editors to pioneer community building. In the audio interview, he addresses the Sakizaya youths and invites them to join the Wikipedia activities. Sakizaya is an indigenous language from Taiwan with about 550-850* native speakers.
Interview transcript:
Sakizaya:
u Sakidaya kaku ci Nuwatan o Kumud ku ngangan nu maku, i naayaw u sakapahen kaku, mitengil kaku tuyniyan u adidwawa minanam tuyniyan u wiki hananay, pasubana’an kaku nu wawa hican a midikec kuyniyan u hwa-su sapasubana’ i takuwan tu nika a i cuwa mikilim kita tuyniyan u sasingalan a pacumud tu cudad san kuyniyan u adiwawa hacacay han kaku pasubana’ a uyniyan u matineng sa tu kaku sa malingatu tu kaka a pacumud tu cudad i tini i wiki, uyniyan u tatenga’ han nu maku a sapacumud sa, uyniyan amin u nadipaan nu binacadan uyniyan amin u nay tiniyay i niyadu’ a kawaw kuyniyan u sapacumud nu maku i tiniyan i wiki.
ayda sa matineng tu ku katuuday midikec tuyniyan u wiki sa, amu tu namu taneng tu kamu minanam pacumud tuyniyan u nikatinengan namu i tini i hekal tuyniyan u cudad anu uyuycanan a kamuwan taneng amin patayni i tini i wiki tu nikatinengan namu sa kaku, ayda sa dikeca tu kamu tuyniyan i u hwa-su i tini i nu ayawan nu tian-ngaw minanam pacumud tu cudad aku tu maku sa matineng, a amu amu tu kya haw u adiwawa kapahay ku punu’ sa kaku, kukay tamuwan.
Chinese (Traditional):
我是撒奇萊雅族人，我的名字是Nuwatan o Kumud，我年輕一點的時候有聽過維基百科，後來有年輕人有教我使用滑鼠，同時也教我如何使用維基百科。這年輕人逐一逐一地教我，就這樣慢慢地，我學會了把文字寫入並編輯維基。我所寫的，都是我認為必須記錄下來的，這些全部是族群足跡，有的則是部落一直以來的事務。我要無保留地上傳到維基百科。
你們也可以將你們知道的、所採集到的上傳維基百科，不管任何文字都可以。我認為你們可以這樣做：當你們現在在電腦前操作滑鼠的時候，同時學習如何編輯維基，如果連我也能學會，更何況你們年輕人，腦袋還很靈活。謝謝你們。
English:
My name is Nuwatan o Kumud, member of the Sakizaya. I had heard ofWikipedia a while ago, then there was this young man who taught me howto use a mouse, how to use Wikipedia, and so on. Step by step, Igradually learned to write and edit Wikipedia [entries]. What I havewritten down is everything I think needed to be documented. These arethe footsteps of our people and some are [how we handle] tribal affairsall along. I want to put them all onto Wikipedia.
This interview was conducted by Tsai-Wei Hung who is a doctoral scholar at the Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures in the National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan with translation help from Buting Nukay and Miku Kumud for the purpose of a post on Rising Voices, Global Voices. Some of the inputs were provided by Subhashish Panigrahi and Yanne C on behalf of Rising Voices.
Note from Tsai-Wei Hung:
There are many who have not officially re-registered themselves as Sakizaya since 2007 (when they finally can). Those who are officially registered as Sakizaya do not necessarily speak the language -- while some non-registered people might. So, the registered number of the Sakizaya population is not necessarily equal to the number of native speakers. Furthermore, per the UNESCO record, the number of Sakizaya speakers went down to 590 in 2017. Theoretically, the number probably went down because the death of elder members is more than the growth in new speakers.
Note from Tsai-Wei Hung:
There are many who have not officially re-registered themselves as Sakizaya since 2007 (when they finally can). Those who are officially registered as Sakizaya do not necessarily speak the language -- while some non-registered people might. So, the registered number of the Sakizaya population is not necessarily equal to the number of native speakers. Furthermore, per the UNESCO record, the number of Sakizaya speakers went down to 590 in 2017. Theoretically, the number probably went down because the death of elder members is more than the growth in new speakers.
Attribution:
* Original interview: Tsai-Wei Hung
* Transcription and Chinese translation: Buting Nukay and Miku Kumud
* English translation: Yanne C.
* Additional inputs to Tsai-Wei Hung by Yanne C. and Subhashish Panigrahi
* Original interview: Tsai-Wei Hung
* Transcription and Chinese translation: Buting Nukay and Miku Kumud
* English translation: Yanne C.
* Additional inputs to Tsai-Wei Hung by Yanne C. and Subhashish Panigrahi
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